Rescuing them is not an aggravating exercise in shepherding, but a co-operative battle to safety through the infinite horde. Not because they're especially likeable - a great many are thin, obnoxious, in fact- but simply because they're human, and they're in peril. It feels focused - there's a base-level concern for both your character, washed-up and widowed motocross star Chuck Greene, and for the survivors who litter the shopping centre.
The first game (which didn't see PC appearance), did risk that - partially by dint of its gimmick-centric nature, and partially due to shallow and/or frustrating longer-term tasks.ĭead Rising 2 is another zombie-outbreak game set in a sprawling mall, but while superficially an entirely similar prospect, it's tightened its systems in meaningful ways. It could have been a briefly thrilling but ultimately throwaway playground, akin to strange, hollow PS2 slaughtering title State of Emergency. That's what the game's built on, and that's why people want to buy it. I never expected a game about firing water-pistols at zombies whilst wearing a child's t-shirt and a Blanka hat to be so serious.ĭead Rising 2 is very much taking zombie gaming as far as it can go in pure, raw, dumb action terms: the option to unleash untold varieties of sickening, hilarious and sickeningly hilarious violence onto things that look like people but, crucially, don't behave like them. I've been making a right old mess of its enormous, infested mall for the last week or so, which leaves me in a position to bother you with a whole bunch of thoughts about it.
Capcom's zombie-bothering sequel Dead Rising 2 arrived on plastic discs earlier this week, and on Steam today.
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